Compendium of ergonomic analyses of shipyard work processes.

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• Personal Author:
  Hudock, Stephen D.
• Description:
  Over a three-year period NIOSH conducted a number of walkthrough surveys at both domestic and foreign shipyards to catalog and quantify the occupational risk factors associated with specific work processes or job tasks. These surveys have been documented as three-part series. This report is the compilation of those survey reports. Pre-intervention quantitative risk factor analyses were conducted at eight participating yards focusing on 47 job tasks identified as high-risk among the 14 shipyard trades. A variety of exposure assessment techniques were used where deemed appropriate to the specific task being analyzed. These exposure assessment techniques provided a means to quantify the risk factors associated with how the job tasks were being performed. Based on the results of the quantitative risk factor analyses, the likelihood of exposure to a particular risk factor for each trade was then determined. In addition to the quantitative risk factor analyses, workers compensation cost data for the years 1996 to 1998 were collected from participating shipyards. The workers compensation costs were identified for work-related musculoskeletal disorder (WMSD) claims associated with OSHA 200 Log recordable injuries and illnesses. These costs were tabulated by the identified occupation of the worker and part of the body affected. The costs for each of the three available years were collapsed and averaged. This information was then normalized by dividing the costs by the estimated number of full-time employees per year by body part and trade. This injury and cost information was used in the development of a Shipyard Trade Occupational Risk Matrix (STORM). The prioritization of injuries to body parts within each trade was based on the rank ordering of injury incidence rates for WMSDs by body part and a rank ordering of the associated workers compensation costs by body part by trade. These two rank orders of injury incidence and cost were combined to create an overall ranking of injury priority or "severity." The likelihood of exposure to occupational risk factors as determined by the exposure assessment techniques was color-coded. A high likelihood of risk exposure resulted in a color coding of "red" followed by "orange" and "yellow." A "green" coding meant that the particular risk factor was not a strong factor in the development of WMSDs for that trade.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Environmental Exposure Hazardous Substances Insecticides Occupational Health Poisoning Safety Toxicology
• Keywords:
  Body Mechanics Body Regions Cost Analyses Costs Ergonomics Exposure Assessment Health Surveys Injuries Job Analysis MSD Musculoskeletal System Disorders Occupations Quantitative Risk Assessment Recordkeeping Risk Factors Shipbuilding Industry Shipyard Industry Shipyards Shipyard Workers Task Performance Work Analysis Workers Compensation Workplace Studies

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• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Other
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DART - Division of Applied Research and Technology
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-580
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20053510
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 2003 May; :1-580
• Contact Point Address:
  Stephen D. Hudock, Ph.D., CSP, DHHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Division of Applied Research and Technology 4676 Columbia Parkway, Mailstop C-24 Cincinnati, Ohio 45226
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2003
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/181739/cdc_181739_DS1.pdf
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